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OTTAWA,  The  Capital  of  the  Dominion. 

"Fair  City,  cro-wn  of  towers." 

The  Marquis  of  Dnff^rin  and  Ava. 


Right  in  the  midst  a  hill  fit  throne  for  rule, 
And  crowning  this  were  stately  structures,  towers 
And  domes  and  Gothic  arches,  quaint  with  rich 

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Device  of  ornament. 

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Yes,  there's  the  seat  of  empire  young, 
A  people  destined  to  he  great  and  free. 


"  Eos,  an  Epic  of  the  Dawn," 

by  Nicholas  Flood  Davin,  Q.C.,  M.P. 


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OTTAWA,  CANADA. 


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TTAWA,  the  Capital  City  of  British  America,  dates  its  origin  from  the 
commencement  of  the  Rideau  Canal,  under  Lieut.-Col.  By,  Royal  Engineers, 
in  the  year  1826.  Following  the  troops  that  accompanied  By  to  the  scene  of 
operations  came  first  the  cluster  of  laborers'  shanties  which  formed  around  the 
canal's  eastern  terminus  at  Entrance  Bay,  with  the  somewhat  better  dwellings  in  which  the  traders 
who  furnished  the  necessaries  of  life  were  accommodated.  Situated  at  the  confluence  of  the  Rideau 
and  Gatineau  with  the  Grand  River  (now  called  the  Ottawa),  each  of  them  draining  districts  rich 
in  agricultural  and  timber  resources,  and  just  at  the  point  where  it  became  necessary  to  rearrange 
the  rafts  brought  down  from  the  immense  timber  regions  of  the  Upper  Ottawa  on  account  of  the 
impossibility  of  carrying  them  unbroken  over  the  Chaudiere  Falls,  the  village  grew  rapidly  to  be  a 
town  of  importance.  In  i854,  a  population  of  10,000  being  attained,  the  town  was  transformed  by 
Parliament  into  a  city  under  the  name  it  has  since  borne,  the  change  taking  place   ist  of  January,   t855. 

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Under  the  Act  in  question  the  city  was  divided  into  five  wards,  cacli  of  which  became  entitled 
to  representation  in  the  Council  of  three  Aldermen.  I'rom  this  period  the  city  has  ^one  forward  with 
leaps  and  bounds,  and  has  probably  made  ^^reater  headway  in  proportion  to  its  population  than  any 
other  city  in  the  Dominion.  In  iSS;  Her  Majesty  fixed  upon  it  to  be  the  permanent  seat  of  jrovern- 
ment  of  United  Canada,  a  decision  ratified  and  confirmed  by  Parliament.  In  1859  the  public  buildinjrs 
required  for  the  accommodation  of  Parliament  and  the  Civil  .Service  were  commenced,  and  were  com 
pleted  in  i865.  causinjr  the  removal  to  Ottawa  of  an  aimy  of  public  officials  with  their  families.  In 
1866  Parliament  met  in  Ottawa  for  the  first  time,  thus  further  addint,'  to  the  population  and  importance 
of  the  place.  Ottawa  added  to  her  jrreatness  and  dignity  in  1867  by  becoming  the  Capital  of  the 
Dominion  under  the  political  system  then  established. 

The  followinsr  table  shows  the  rapid  j^rowth  of  the  city  : 

Incorporated  as  a  town  the  population  of  By  Town  was.       .  .       5,ooo 

1854, ic.ooo 

1861 14,669 

1 87 1, .  21,545 

1 88 1, .         .         .  .     31,307 

1891, 44,154 

1892,  ............     So.oco 


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With  the  addition  tliereto  of  the  population  of  Hull,  which  is  practically  a  suburb  of  the 
political  metropolis,  of  ii,265,  the  population  of  Ottawa  stands  at  the  present  moment  at  6i,265. 
No  other  city  east  of  Winnipeg  has  shown  such  a  marvelous  rate  of  growth,  and  warrants  the  belief  that 
at  the  same  rate  of  increase  it  will  not  be  long  before  Ottawa  will  take  third  place  among  the  cities 
of  the  Dominion.  She  now  ranks  second  in  Ontario.  In  point  of  wealth  and  commercial  expansion 
and  importance  the  development  and  increase  go  hand  in  hand.  The  civic  assessment  and  customs 
returns  are  the  best  guides  in  this  respect.  The  former  shows  that  while  the  assessment  in  1S67  was 
^5,167,686,  it  is  now,  in  1893,  ^18,616,985.  During  the  last  ten  years  the  city  has  nearly  doubled 
in  wealth  and  population.  The  customs  returns  show  that  in  1869-70  the  total  amount  collected 
was  ,^98,622,  while  .  .  1876-77  the  collection  had  increased  to  ^2o5,6i6,  and  in  1892  to  Si^7<<^^9- 
The  value  of  imports  in  the  year  last  mentioned  was  ^3,741,201,  and  of  exports  ,)(•  1,942.051.  Truly 
Ottawa  has  no  reason  to  be  ashamed  of  the  showing  which  she  is  making  among  tl  e  cities  of  the 
Dominion. 


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Sce7iery. 

HE    front    portions    of  the   city  of  Ottawa    stand  on  a  succession    of  bluffs,  and 
wher.  viewed  from  the  river  ar.  seen  to  great  advantage.     Fron.  the  high  chffs. 
hich  oui  noblest  buildings  have  been  erected,  can  be  witnessed  scnes  of  natural 
beauty  unsurpassed  by  any  on  the  continent ;  rich  in  all  the  varied  charms  of 
moumain,  river  and   forest,  and   enhanced    by  the    surrounding   triumphs   ot 
architectural  skill.      The  river   Ottawa,  on  the   southern  bank    of   which  the 
capital  stands,  ranks  as  the  largest  of  the  third  class  rivers  on  the  continent; 
on  the  opposite  bank  lies  the  city  of  Hull,  its  more  distant  cottages  blend.ng 
with    farm   and    forest,  while  at  the  back  of  the  whole  scene,  stretching  out 
interminably  to  either  hand,  loom  up  the  dark  Laurentian  Hills.     Below,  the 
rivers  surface  is  dotted  with  steamboats  and  small  craft  of  every  description. 
Covering   the  low-lying  shores  to  the  west  are  huge  piles  of  lumber,  which 
tell  -'■  tlie  chief  industry  of  that   portion  of  the   capital,  and  further  up  the 
stream   can  be    seen   the   boiling   masses   of   water   as   they  hurl   themselves 
Chaudiere  Falls.    To  the  east  the  river  can  be  seen  for  many  miles  wending  its  way  through 
forest  towards  the  ocean.     Close  at  hand  are  the  timber  slides  by  which  the  square  timber  from 

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the  Upper  Ottawa  passes  down  without  damage  into  the  navigable  water  below.     To  go  down  these 
slides  on  a  crib  of  timber,  as  almost  every  visitor  to  the  capital — from  the  Prince  of  Wales,  the  Princess 
Louise,  Prince    Leopold  (Duke   of  Albany),  and   the  Grand 
Duke  Alexis  of  Russia,  down  to  the  humblest  individual — 
has  done,  is  as  exhilarating  as  it  is  exciting. 

Ottawa  is  divided  by  the  Rideau  Canal  run- 
ning through  it,  and  is  laid  out  in  wide,  regular 
and  uniform  streets,  which  are  planted  with  shade 
trees  and  provided  with  drinking  fountains.  Its 
geographical  location,  when  compared  with  other 
cities,  makes  Ottawa  one  of  the  most  easily 
accessible  cities  from  all  points  of  Canada,  and 
with  its  seven  railroads  and  many  steamboat 
facilities  possesses  more  and  better  forwarding 
capabilities  than  any  of  its  inland  sister  cities. 


t:HAUIlIEKK    KALLS. 


...Ing  benches  o,  the  RUK-au  Rive.  a.  excecCin^  >•  beau,.,,,    ca.^  K.        „  ■  „  ^^^^  ^ 

water  in  spring  titese  falls,  tumbling  perpe„<licula,-ly  down  a  rocky  cK.een. 
feet,  are  singularly  grand  and  picturesc|ue  in  appearance. 


BIUEAU    HALLS. 


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Water,  Light  and  Drainage. 

As  Ottawa  was  one  of  the  first  to  be  lighted  with  gas  so  it  was  one  of  the  first,  if  not  the  very 
first,  to  be  lighted  on  the  electrical  principle,  its  system  of  lighting  public  streets  and  private 
residences  being  second  to  none,  the  city's  magnificent  water-power  (unequalled  on  the  continent) 
enabling  the  light  to  be  supplied  at  a  cheaper  rate  than  at  any  other  point  in  the  Dominion. 

A  drainage  system  was  established  in  1874,  and  in  the  same  year  the  city  was  supplied  with 
water  under  a  system  which  they  own  and  has  everywhere  been  praised  and  extolled.  The  works 
cost  originally  over  |i, 000,000,  and  are  planned  upon  a  system  of  direct  supply  by  pumping  without 
the  intervention  of  a  reservoir. 

The  in-take  for  the  supply  of  water  is  located  some  3000  feet  above  the  Chaudiere  Falls, 
and  is  so  situated  that  absolutely  pure  water  is  supplied  in  unfailing  abundance.  Three  distinct  sets 
of  pumps  were  provided  at  the  time  the  works  were  erected,  but  since  that  time,  owing  to  the 
increase  of  population,  it  has  been  found  necessary  to  double  their  capacity.  In  connection  with  the 
water- works  there  is  an  efficient  fire  department,  together  with  an  electrical  alarm  of  the  most 
satisfactory  description. 


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Public    Biiildings. 

THE  City  Hall  is  a  building  hand- 
some and  imposing  in  character, 
erected   at   a   cost   of  $90,000.     The 
Court-house  and  Gaol,  the  latter  con- 
sidered the  model  prison  structure  of 
the   Province,  as  well  as  the  Normal 
and  Model  Schools,  the  University  of 
Ottawa,   the    Collegiate    Institute,   the 
Post-Offtce   and    Custom    House,   the 
City  and  County  Registry  Offices,  the 
various  Banks,  the  Orphans'  Home,  the  Home  for  the  Aged,  the 
Carleton    Protestant   Hospital,   the    General    Hospital    the    Lady 
Stanley   Institute   (for   the   training   of  nurses),   the   Convalescent 
HomrrR^Ic:;  the  Atretic  Cluh,  and  several  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Asylun.  and  Monas^ 
Institutions,  as  well  as  many  of  the  Primary  Schools,  are  all  buildings  either  elegant  m  des.gn 
more  or  less  architectural  pretentions. 


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Education. 

V  At  the  head  of  the 
,N  educational  .natters  Ottawa  stands  ^^-^^^^^^^^  .848  and  erected 
1  Educational  Institutions  stands  the  ^  ^^^^  ^  ^^^  t,.  ,>.,.  raised  the  institution  to  the 
in.  a  university  in  .866.  In  February,  .889  h.s  Hoh^^^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^^  ^^  ^^^^^^  ,,,,,,,,.„ 
rank   of  a  Catholic   University,  thereby   giving   ^^_^'_______^    ,„d  Freiburg.      The  University, 

'  as  now  established,  is  empowered 

to   grant    degrees   in    theoloj;y, 
philosophy,   law,  arts,   medici".e. 
science    and    civil     engineering. 
There  are,  also,  a  large  number 
of  public    and  separate   schools, 
together    with    the    Model    and 
Normal   School,    the    Collegiate 
Institute,  Coligny  Young  Ladies' 
.     :ollege,  the  Harmon  School  and 
^   several  private  academies. 


UNIVEKSITV   Of   OTTAWA. 


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Ckun/ics. 

IN  church  edifices  the  Capital  is  well  provided. 
It  possesses  no  less  than  thirty-five,  repre- 
senting almost  every  Christian   denomination. 
The  buildings  are  large,  solid  in  construction 
and  exceedingly  handsome  in  appearance  and 
of  costly  character.      Among  the   imposing  of 
church    structures    may     be     mentioned     the 
Basilica   (the    principal   church  in   the  Roman 
Catholic    Ecclesiastical    Province    ot    Ottawa), 
which    possesses   a    magnificent    organ,   lately 
supplied  at  a  cost  of  S^i  2,5oo-cost  of  church,  $235,000;  Christ  Church  (Anglican ),  St.  Andrew's  (Presby- 
terian), Knox  Church  (Presbyterian),  St.  Bridget's  (Roman  Catholic),  St.  Joseph's  (Roman  Catholic),  the 
Sacred  Heart  (Roman  Catholic),  St.  Patrick's  (Roman  Catholic),  St.  Paul's  (Presbyterian),  P>ank  Street 
(Presbyterian),  Erskine    (Presbyterian),  Dominion    (Methodist),   St.  Albans   (Anglican),  St.   George's 
(Anglican),  Grace  (Anglican),  St.  John's  (Anglican).  St.  Bartholomew's  (Anglican),  New  Edinburgh,  which 
latter    possesses  a  fine  chime  of  bells,  presented  to  the   church    by  her  Royal    Highness  the  Prmcess 
Louise    before    leaving  Ottawa.      There  are  also  Baptist,  Congregational  and  German  Churches. 

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Street   Cars. 

OTTAWA  is  justly  proud  of  her  electric  street-car  system,  and  well  may  she  be,  as  it  is  without 
exception  the  best  constructed,  equipped  and  managed  system  throughout  the  Dominion.  It  was 
commenced  in  May,  1891,  and  now  covers  about  twelve  miles  of  street.  By  a  recent  act  of  the 
City  Council  an  ordinance  was  passed  authorizing  the  reconstruction  into  an  electric  road  of  the 
horse-car  line  now  in  operation.  The  work  of  reconstruction  is  now  in  active  progress,  and  by  the 
Fall  of  1893  the  whole  will  be  transformed  into  an  electric  system.  The  new  line  will  run  through 
the  city  of  Hull,  thereby  connecting  the  two  cities.  It  will  reach  all  outlying  points,  including  Lans- 
downe  Park  in  the  south  and  Rockliffe  in  the  north-east.  The  railway  runs  both  winter  and  summer, 
the  electric  current  being  generated  at  the  company's  power-house  at  the  Chaudiere  Falls. 


The   Press.  ^^^^^^^^  ^^^^  ^„^ 

.    four    first-class   daily  neNVspapcrs,  dominion. 

havins  the  var-us  matcr,al.  ^^^^._^.^^^  ,,^„,,  „t  "-'^  "^  ^^  „,,  ,„  separate 

„ades™e„  an.,  derU.  have    U.  ^^^^^   ^^  ^^^^,^  ^^  ,,,  ,,,  "'"r,,      tvalen.  an,ong  all  Casse. 

and   mora,  healthiness  ac         y  ^^„„„,,„,  and  ^P"'"="' "'^Xa  with  other  advantage.. 


l8 


tl  one 
Vinion, 
pinion. 
(//  and 


:h  year 
lodcrate 
tages  ol 
jchanics, 
appiness 
separate 
1  classes, 
vantages, 
ti  time  to 


RRSIDENCKS. 


/ 


O' 


Parks. 

TTAWA  has  a  number  of  public 
^'  narks  and  squares,  some  of  them 

ntal  and  for  beauty  ot 
l,ighly  ornamental,  and 

surroundings     cannot     be       xce"c 
u-ii    ^n^    -Irrady    been 

mentioned,  and  a  great   ^^^  „.„ 

,een  said   o.  U  will  a„p.y  '    ^  ;^"^^„^^„, 
Park   both  of  which  are  under  th. 

■  •„„  nf  ihc  Federal  Government. 

-"^  ^""Tlttter  as  from  the  former 
,he  view  from  the  latte  ^^^^^ 

,   simply   enchantmg^     L  ns  ^^  ^^^ 

*^™'t  TTZ  distance   from   the 

:ro  Tc  :>.;—— r: 

central  Canada  Exhibition  Assooat^n. 
an  institution  dating  its  existence  from  .888, 


public 
if  them 


luty 
see 


of 


)rs 


illcd. 
been 
At    bas 
Hill 
control 
-rnment. 
e  former 
le    Park, 
s   of  the 
from    the 
uarters  of 
ssociation, 
"rom  1888, 


/ '  -^ 


■'  111 


,  of  M^,5oo,  besides  a  large 
.  nd  premiums  to  the  amount  _  ^^^^^^^^,, 

„u™ber  of  BoH  ™<-^*^  ^^     ^„,,,  „„.p„ses.    U  cove,  .n  ^^  ^^  ^^^^  ,,,^„.  ^^^^ 

U  occupied  by  the  ^       -^  ^ar  system, 

'^         By  *e  recent  extens.on  ot  the  ^^  ^^^^^  ^^^^^,     ,  „. 

.,f  nnd  health.  >^^^  .,A-, 

to  enjoyment  ana 


*. 


Natural   Wealth, 


'T^HKRE  is  no  part  of  Canada  in  which  the  actual  means  of  wealth  are  so  abundant  as  in  the 
*■  immediate  neighborhood  of  Ottawa  City.  The  water  power  for  manufacturing  purposes  could  n<jt 
possibly  be  exceeded.  The  Ottawa  River  is  augmented  in  the  vicinity  by  numerous  smaller  streams, 
among  which  are  the  Gatincau,  the  Du  Lievres,  the  Black,  the  Honnechere,  the  Rouge,  the  Mattawa 
and  the  Rideau.  Chief  among  the  resources  of  the  immense  tract  of  country  drained  by  these  various 
streams  stantls  the  large  and  seemingly  inexhaustible  supply  of  lumber  of  the  Ottawa  Valley,  whose 
development  has  made  this  one  of  the  largest,  if  not  the  largest,  lumber  market  in  the  world.  To 
form  s'>me  idea  of  the  extent  of  this  great  natural  source  of  public  wealth  and  commercial  importance, 
it  is  only  necessary  to  study  the  following  figures  regarding  the  yield  of  timber  from  the  Upper 
Ottawa  territory  from   1826  to   1881  inclusively: 

Ontario, 
Ouebec,    - 

Total, 


7,173,182  pieces  pine. 

Other 

woods, 

494,824 

-     3,955,166      " 

ic 

Total,     - 

•     209,338 

1 1,128.348  pieces  pine. 

704,162 

Saw  logs— Ontario,    - 

2  2,5o5.io8 

"           Ouebec. 

- 

19,5  1  2, 1  59 

Total, 

- 

41,5  1  2,267 

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.Hole  lumber  »ade  is  now  an  ^^^^^^,,„^,  .„  *^  "'"  j/  It  .he  first  lumber  ever 

„„,  ,„„erly  ci.i.ens  of  .  e  "  -d       ^^  ^_^^  .^^^   ^^^^   .„  ^aTs  foT  he  l«sh  n-arUe.  had 
Chaudiere  Falls  ^-/^^'^'^Z,   States   ,nar,<et,  although  de^s    o  ^^^^^  ^^^.^_^^_^^ 

exportea  frotn  this  d,str,c.  ^o  ^^  ^^^^^^^^„^,  ,  ^^       ars     e  o  ^^_^  ^^^^  .^^  ^^  ^^^ 

heen  manufactured  on  the  G -  ^^  ^^_^,^  ^„  ^^,,„,  .,,  at    h     P-  ^^^,_^   ^^^   ,,„,. 

,he  sawn  lumber  trade  has      c  ^^^^^^^^    ^^^„„„  feet    pe 

.everal   mills   within   the   c,^     -  _^^^^^^^  ^^„^  ,,„„.ands, 

employed  at  the  m.lls  and  m  ^.^,^.^^  ^^  ,.,^^^^^  ,,,  ,oM, 

the  active  development  ot  the       5,  ^^ 


deferred  ;  but  the  time  must  speedily  come  when  the  requirements  of  the  country  will  necessitate  the 
opening  up  and  energetic  working  of  these  mjnes  to  the  fullest  extent  of  their  capacity.  A  local 
writer  roughly  estimates  the  cubic  contents  of  the  hill  at  Ironsides,  as  far  as  the  ore  has  been  traced 
from  front  backwards,  at  about  288,000  tons.  This  is  only  surface  ore  ;  but  it  would  not  be  extrav- 
agant, he  says,  to  estimate  the  exposed  or  easily  accessible  ore  at  100,000,000  tons.  Of  late,  owing 
to  the  large  interests  created  by  the  discovery  and  working  of  the  nickel,  plumbago,  mica,  phosphate, 
asbestos  and  other  mines  in  the  near  vicinity,  Ottawa  has  become  a  veritable  mining  centre,  having 
mining  bureaux  and  journals  to  assist  in  making  known  the  great  and  varied  resources  of  the  district 
in  this  respect.  An  important  and  remunerative  trade  has  developed  in  consequence,  the  exportation 
to  England  and  the  United  States  of  mica  alone  now  amounting  to  over  $20,000  a  month.  The 
Capital  being  the  headquarters  of  the  Geological  and  Natural  History  Survey  of  the  Dominion,  with 
a  large  resident  staff  of  officers,  gives  additional  weight  and  influence  to  this  interest  here. 


AGRICULTURE. — The  Ottawa  Valley  is  rich  in  agricultural  resources.  It  is  a  well-known 
fact  that  no  finer  wheat  fields  can  be  found  in  any  portion  of  the  older  Provinces  than  those  existing 
in  this  rich  and  fertile  section.  While  on  this  subject  we  must  not  neglect  noticing  the  existence  at 
Ottawa  of  an  institution  which  confers  many  important  benefits  upon  the  farming  com:nunity  throughout 
the  Dominion,    viz.  :   the   Experimental    Farm.      Legislative   authority   was  obtained   in    1887  for  the 

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fl:    f 


ts  of   the  Dominion.     Tl^^  ^'^^^ 

f  ,,e  Gover„„.nt  Expea,ne,«al    Fa.«  in  ^^Z  On^^.   ".»n   which   has  been 

establishment  of  five  Gove  ^^   ^^^^^  _^^,^^^j,  .^  cty  ^^^_^^    ^^^^  3„,,„g„. 

-P  -^^"  --  "-  'Tt  ™     •    ch  is  now   in  worUin,  ottlet   -  ^         \„„„„,,„.    ,„e  Direetot, 

-*r'.  "•::::  „  :raceot.n.  .o  ..  newest  ->«;-;:*:,::„,„.  the  Uo.ninion    ^.^ 
„e„,s  hav,ns  •>«  >  -  ^^^^^,  ^^  ^„  .„,  Uxpenmenta    '  -  ^^^  ^„j  „„,„,,.,  the  Chent.st, 

under  whom  was  l>laced  t.  Commissioner,  the  Entomo  ^^   „|,,,lianees 

1   ,  fh,.  Affricutunst  aiul  wany  uUnratorv.fi""'   " 

on  the  (arm.  als    the  A  ^^^_^  ^,^,,  „   ,  la'orato  y  ^^^  ^^^^   ^,,^^^   „  „ 

*e  Horticnitunst  an     .1  >       .^^^^^^    ^,^    ^„,  („  „.,mg   a  -.b-  »  ^^  ^^__^^_,^^  „f  ,,,.,» 

for  the   purpose  of  test.ng     °"  ,  ^^„j,     Unring  ,890  9- a  la  t-  "  ,„„„,„nicated 

Oepartment  fined  for  testmg   ^   -^  «>        ^^,,  ^^  ^^„^„,  .,,„p,es  of  sod,  and  the  re.^^  ^^^   ^^^^^^^    ^^^, 
„ere  received  from  farmers  for  test 


to  tV>  sender,   tree   o.   ..^^  .  insecticides  anc,  mcu.u  ..-,  ^^^^_  ^^^^^^,-^ 

injurious  to  ^nn  crops,  maU.n,  tn  U>f  ^^  ^.^   ^^^^^  .^^.^^^  ,     ...de     now  ^^   _^^^^^^^ 

1      l-in.r  -xnd  preventinK  ravages,  and  tne  conducting    researches 

:  trplic!      m   a    word,   the  wor.  ^^^^^  hreeds  of  stocU,  examining  into  see, 
perlmLts  designed  to  test  the  ^'^^'^^l^ U  and  adaptability  of  new  or  m«n  .  ^  ^^^^ 

.:  economic  ,„estlons  »(  «    ^    s  and  forage  plants,  fruits  "'^^f  :^:;;'      ''introdt.tion. 

.heat  and  other  cereal  ^' ^"^^  ,,    „e    considered   especally    worthy 

„„d   disseminating   samples   of  1  ^^ 


KXPERiMFNTAI.    FAKM. 


,   d  for  shelter,  especially  fruit  trees 
adapted  to  the  vanety  of  cl.mat  ^^^^^^  f^^_„  „„„  „  t,me,  m 

Road,  about  two  miles  from  the  centre 
land  conveyance. 


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kmmmmim^^r. 


Financial  Institutions. 

There  are  ten  chartered  Banks  in  the  City  of  Ottawa, 


VIZ.: 


Banks. 

Paid  up  Capital. 

Rest. 

When  Es- 

tablished. 

The  Bank  of  Montreal 

$12,000,000 

$6,000,000 

1817 

The  Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce     - 

6,000,000 

1,100,000 

1867 

The  Merchants  Bank  of  Canada    - 

6,000,000 

2,900,000 

1861 

The  Bank  of  Ottawa 

1,345,960 

712,033 

1874 

The  Quebec  Bank        -        .        .        . 

2,5oo,ooo 

5  5  0,000 

1818 

The  Bank  of  British  North  America  - 

5,000,000 

1.375,000 

1837 

The  Ontario  Bank        -         .         .         . 

i,5oo,ooo 

345,000 

1857 

The  Molsons  Bank 

2,000,000 

1,100,000 

i855 

The  Union  Bank  of  Canada 

1 ,200,000 

2  5o,ooo 

1 865 

La  Banque  Nationale 

1,200,000 

30,000 

i860 

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I        V? 


KUSS2LL     MOUSS. 


Hotels. 

QTTAWA  is  well  supplied  with  large  and  com- 
modious hotels,  the  principal  of  which  are 
the  Russell  House  (familiarly  known  as  the  Palace 
Hotel  of  Canada),  with  accommodation  for  five 
hundred  guests:  the  Windsor,  located  within  five 
minutes'  walk  of  the  Parliament  buildings,  and  the 
Grand  Union,  each  with  accommodation  for  two 
hundred  guests.  These  well-known  hostelries  are 
the  homes,  for  a  number  of  months  in  the  year,  of 
the  political  representatives  of  the  Dominion. 

The  proprietor  of  the  first- named  is  Mr.  F. 
X.  St.  Jacques,  who  is  widely  known  throu<diout 
Canada  and  the  United  States. 

Mr.   Samuel   Daniels   and   Mr.  John  Graham 


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are  the  respective  proprietors  of  the  other 
named  hotels.  All  these  gentlemen  have 
the  confidence  of  the  traveling  pubhc  m 
a  marked  degree. 


CiKAND   L'NION   HOTEI.. 


WW7"-. 


~Tcsf' 


ANADA    ATLANTIC   STKKI.    UKIlKiK    ACKOSS  s 


T     I.  A  WICK  Ml!    HIVKH. 


Tninsportatioji. 

pKRHAl'S    in    nothing   has    C.nwa   made   such    .inarkahle   strides   as   in   .„.   „a...    oC  railwa, 

develop„en.  and  cons.uc.ion.     A.  p.es.„,  „„  ,..»  ,„„  ,„„,„  „„,,„^.     ,,^^^  ^„„  ._,,^,  ™ 

,.v,  «  direc.  access  to  every  par.  of  the  continent.  These  are:  ist,  the  Canadian  .'acific  Rai,r  ' 
North  Shore  through  route  reaching  fron,  ocean  to  ocean:  .,,  Canada  Atlantic,  Ottawa  to  Montr^,: 
Boston  „d  New  York  :  3d,  St,  Lawrence  &  Ottawa,  Ottawa  to  Prescott  and  Ogdensburg :  ^.h,  Canadian 
Pacihc  to  he  St.  Lawrence,  via  Smith's  Kails  and  Hroc.ville :  5th,  Gatincau  Valley  fro.  Ottawa  nort 
.0  he  luin  er  re^.ons  :  6th,  Ottawa,  Arnprior  &  Parry  .Sound,  front  Ottawa  west  through  the  ,).ta„a 
and  Itonnechere  Valleys  and  .he  pine  forests  of  the  Opeongo  Mountains:  ;.h,  l-ontiac  &  Pacific  Junction 
Kailway,    northwes.  along  .he  O.tawa  River  to  l>en,broke   and    the   hin,lx..r   regions   of  that   district 

n  addition,  there  are  under  construction  the  Montreal  &  Ottawa  Railway,  and  the  Kingston,  Snmhs 
P,alls   &   Ottawa  Railway,   south    to    Lake   Ontario,   and   the    Parry  Sound    Railway  through   .0   the 

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% 


M  U   C    Dun  &  Co,  in  their  late  trade  bulletin 

GeorRian  Itay  and  the  far-famed  Muskoka  discnC     Messrs      .    .^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^^ 
„eak  of  Ottawa  as  hein,-  destined  to  beco.ne  one  o.  th.      ^^  ^      ^^  ^^^  ^^^^^^    ^^  ^^^.^  ^^^^^.^^^ 

of  the  projected  railways  n,e„t,oned  w,  ,  <^ ^J^^^^  „,  ,„^  ,„„„,,..      ,•,,  Kingston,   Sn.lth  s 
„U1  n,ake  Ottawa  the  centre  of  one  of  ,h      .he     .  ^^^^^^^  .^   ^^^^  ^^^^^^^^    ^.^.^^ 

F„W  &  Ottawa  Railway  w,     open  n„   o  .      «     .       K     ^^^^    ^^    ^^^^    ^.^^^   ^^^,^    ,„^^^^,„^,    ,, 

untold  facihties  through  wh,ch  ,t  ^"^t^'^'J^.L^r.vnor  &  I'-y  Hound  Railway,  when 
business  as  a  great  distributing  centre,  wh.lc   the   O  tawa,    A    ,  ^^^^  ^^.^^^.^^      ^^^ 

_ple.d,  will  revolution.  '^^ -"'^^^  ^^^^^Z  Jlal  to  her  further  prosperity 
of  the  principa,  advantages  possessed  ^  O^^-;  "  ^^^  ,,,eat  Canadian  cities,  being  ahnost  ec,ui- 
and  advancement,  is  her  central  pos.t.on  ,n  relat.on  to  o  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^ 

,i,tant  between  Montreal  and  Toronto  ^^^J^^;^^  ::";l,:;^_  .„;,.  ,...  from 
i»  54  miles  from  Prescott  (on  the  St.  Lawrence  K.ver,,    9  ^^  ^^.^ 

New  York.     Dnrin«  the  summer  season  the  tour.st  has  the  o^^    n  o    .    h  .^  ^^^^^^^^^^  ^^ 

,f  the  journey  be  underUken  by  boat  the  traveler  frou    the  E.     can  ^ke  ,  ^^  ^^^^^ 

the  Ottawa  River  Navigation  Company,  travehng  f  ''»;;';'' J     ,,,,„^  ,,,„,,,„,„a„,arks ; 

:rt  :ordrwr  :r  • ::  kL^:::;  tr  l  beaut,  j  Ridean  .ake.  no„ 

of  Ihe  most  favorite  tourist  resort^  in  Canada. 


one 


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A' (7  f  ion  a/  IhiihUuirs 


^"  ""■  """•'■'•'  Ottawa's  chk-fct  at- 
tractions are  the  national  Inni.iin^-s 
iTCTtecl  l,y  tl,c  conntry  lor  the  use  and 
accommoJation  of  tho  I'arliament  an,l 
I'uWic  servants  of  Canada,  respectin.. 
»liose  artistic  merits  so  much  1  ,  been 
said  anil  si,n)r.  1„  a|,|,roachin^r  Ottawa. 
lH,ildi„,,,  are  th,  '^'"'"  "'"""'"■  ''""""■•  ""^  '''"-''ament 

sky"      r  "":  ""^""'™''-     ■'■'■'''  ^""''   ""  ^«-™-   "-   clear 

k)  ...  all  the  beauty  of  see„,in«l>  varied  architecture.     Towers  pinnacle, 
....esses  anti  cables  a^^^ 

of  then,    Lovell  says:  ..Their    p.n         ,     '  7'"^  ""  '"'""  ""   "'^"^^  """™-"-     '"  ^'«^'"« 
.s..rrounding  scenery,  place  them   in  "       ?,  '°'"""'"''"»>'  ''•^'  '"S"''"  -'I-  <l>e  beauty  of  the 

»i."iiar    po.se,s,  and   m    .  et         "  „::  ^"/'."^'^  "°»''-  ^-P-"'  >^^*  «^er  strt.ctures   Ld  for 

people  of  Canada."      They     r!  fo  r    n  ,      '"'7'",  '"  "'=   '""'^'   ^""  *""«^^'  ^^  '^'^^  '»  "- 

>ey  four  ,n  n.m,ber:    the    Parlian.ent    Buildin,,,  the  Eastern  Departmental 

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•  Rl  k-  the  last  so  called  after  the  Minister 
Buildmg.  the  Western  Departmental  liuilding  and  '^^J-'^^^ct.I  With  the  exception  of  the  Langevin 
of  the  Crown  under  whose  supervision  tl,ebu.:d,ng  '       ,^^„^„,,„,  House,    tltese   buildings  are  all 

Block,  which  stands  on  Wellington  Street,  almost  fac    fc    ^  ^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^  ,^^ 

o„  the  ..Hill,"  fonning  three  sid.s  of  a  ^^^'^'^-^^  ^^^  ^  opens  on  Wellington  Street, 

corners  being  o,  considerable  extent;  *«    °-*       ^  ;'  '^ ^        J^^^     ,■„,  ..,,,  of  architecture- 
They  cover  a  space,  with  surroundmg  walks  and  .     ^^^^^^^      ^^^  ^^^^^^^^  ^^  ^^.^    ^^.^^.^^   .^ 

a>  Anthony  TroUope,  the  novelist,  ''"'^^^l^lJ^  ^,  ^„„,„„„,.      ,.  stands  on  the  north  side   of 

devoted  to  the  service  of  the  Senate   and   the  """^^  nTIM— I 

the  quadrangle,  upon  which  it  presents  a  front  of  - 
47,  feet  in  length  and  two  stories  in  height  above 
the  basement,  its  breadth   being  37°  feet  at  the 
centre  and  18,  feet  across  the  main  eastern  and 
western  entrances ;  height  of  tower  over  entrar.ce, 
2,0  feet.    From  this  tower-which  can  be  ascended 
by  any  one  upon  application  to  the  proper  officer 
_it  is  said    the   view    of    at  least   half  a  dozen 
counties  can  be  obtained.    The  Eastern  Buildmg 
has  two  principal  fagades  at  right  angles  to  each 


..OVEKS'    WALK. 


1-.  one  3:9  feet  in  ,en,th  and  the  other  .45  feet 
o     Welhngton  Street.     The  Western  block  is  son.e- 

whats.n.iiar  in  shape  to  the  Eastern,  having  a  front- 
age of  ..o  feet  on  the   S.uare   and  .;;  feet   upon 

Welhngton  Street.     The  public  departments  are  dis- 
tnbuted   an.ong    the    several    buildings   as   follows  • 
Eastern    Building- Governor- Generals   office.    Privy 
Council.  Secretary  of  State.  Justice.  Finance.  Interior, 
and  Auditor-General.     Western  Block-Railways  and 
Unals.  Public  Works.  Militia.  Trade  and  Commerce 
Customs.    Inland    Revenue.    Marine    and    Fisheries 
Mounted  Police,  and  Archives.      Langevin    Plock-1' 
Post  Office.    Agriculture,   and    Indian   Affairs.      The 
Patent    Office    is    attached    to    the    Department    of 
Agriculture  and  in  the   same    building.      The   Ceo 
logical  and  Natural  History  Survey,  with  its  splendid 
museum,  which    is   daily  attended    by  many  visitors, 
occupies  the  old  barracks  on  Sussex  Street. 


'.•jf 


r 


Western  liLoeK. 
'Defart/aental     |, 
Buildings 


Main  Buildings 


Mouses  or  Pat?  liament-     « 


"m 


Eastern  Slogk- 
Depart/aental 

DuiLDIMCr 


ken.-e,'he„'rr;;;n!°7"  "^  """=  *^''""  '>""^'"g  under  .he  ac,'  •  • 

wall  IS  about  four  feet  thirk-  ,.„J 
exterior  f         r    .  Possesses  an 

'    '      face  of  sixteen  sides,  at  each  angle  of 
'^h.ch  *ere  is  a  flying  ,„.,,,„p^„„,_,J    ;; 

Jf  of  te,ea„.to  and  joining  the  .ain' J 
t  '  '"^«'"   "^^ulated  to  resist  the  t!  rust  of 
*e  roof.     The  library  is  floored  with  Canadian 
woods  ,n  oak,  ash,  eherry  and  walnut.     The 
".ngs  and  bookcases  are  in  pi„e,  the  latter  in 
three  stories  with  eight  divisions,  the  .space, 
farming  small  alcoves  enclosed  with  iron  raiK 
■ng.      The   library   was   designed    ,„   contain 
•03,000  vclun,es,   but  there  are  now   no  less 


INTKKIOR    OK   I.IUH.,,(v 


LOOKING    EAST   FROM    TCWER   OF    PAKLIAMENT    BUII  DINGS. 


*an,55,ooo  stored  therein.  A  life.si.e  ^rbie  T 
statue  of  the  Q„ee„,  executed  by  the  L  ^ 
Marshall  Wood    an  F„  l-  ,        ■  "^"   - 

ood,  an  Enyhsh  artist,  adorns  the      ■ 
centre  „f  the  lihrar,-      a        ,■ 

iiOrar>.     A  rephca  of  this  noble 

:™*  ".^'  '^^'"■'-     According  to  Mr.  K  / 
l-n,  ,„    .,  ,,„„,,,,^    ^^^^^^  „    ^^^^    ^^^  • 

advanta,.eous  position  fron,  which  to  view  these 
-id.n,s  ,s  fro.  .^,p,,„  p„,„      ^^^        ^ 

n- to  take  in  as  a  whole,  and  yet  far  enot  J 
off  to  be  -erged  in  the  grace-piving  veil  of 
t  e  atn,o,,phere,  their  effect  in  the  war™  g,ow 

^'f>«  sun  as  it  sets  in  the  West  is  described 
sbe,ng,s™p,y  delightful  to  the  painters  eye 

an ;'  ""'■: '''""  '"""^^^  =■-'  ^■■--i-' 

and  buttresses  fade  out  in  the      hd  ""c"*..-.  b..ock. 

Har„,o„i.i„g  gray,..  •,„  .oonlig,:  .a":;::  :'„  ^l^^'  '"''"'"'  '--  =  -^-P'-y  .n  red  to  a 
«row,„g  wants  of  the  service  necessitated  thel  r^r  7:  "  ■■"""""  '"  ^"""  -<<  '"-^-•■'  The 
-  -  *^«--     This  is  a  „.ssive  building  :TZ  ^i^ l^^Z  ^ '"  '"^-  ^'  ^  --■- 

,,  ''^''•""^^^^-'^f^'-- not  in  keeping  With 


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the  others.      The  total  cost  of   the  Ottawa 
buildings  uptoT892  was  about  ^5,000,000. 

Amono-  other   Federal  buildings  in    Ottawa 
are  those  on  Hank   Street,  devoted   to   the 
Supreme    and    Exchequer   Courts;   that  on 
,    Sussex  Street,    before    referred  to.  occupied 
■^    by  the  Geological  and  Natural  History  Sur- 
vey; the  building  at  the  corner  of  O'Connor 
and   Queen  Streets,    used    for  the  National 


UR!LL  HALL.  t  T      11  « 

ArtGalleryandFish^yExhlbi..    and  the  Dn,    Hallo 
Carrier  Square,  devoted  to  military  purpc.es,  and  m  win 
exists  a  .useun,   containing  a  variety  of  interest.ng    re hcs 
connected  with  the  military  r.,i,.,e.      The  "-1  "un,be 
public  officials  employed  at  Ottawa,  includ.ng  help  an    lab 
o,    various   kinds,  reaches  about    ,400,  and   to  meet   the.r 
salaries  and  provide   for  the  cost  of  legislation  requ.res  an 
annual  expenditure  of  Si,4Oo,o0°- 


i 


VINTM  SCBKB..  VAHLIAM„KTHILL.. 


T 


-?.;»«;•:: 


Rideau   Hall. 

HI-  official  place  of  residence  of  .he  Governor-General  of  Canada  for  .he  time  being,  Is  an  impor- 
tan.  centre  to  society  people,  seeing  .hat  around  it  revolves  all  .ha.  is  in,por.a„.  and  no.ewor.hy 

in  the  social  life  of  the  Capital. 
The  House  is  an  unpretentious 
looking  structure,  but  exceedingly 
cozy  and  comfortable  withal,  as  suc- 
ceeding viceroys  have  been  pleased 
to  testify.  Rideau  Hall  is  a  hand- 
some domain,  situated  near  New 
Edinburgh,  at  the  other  side  of  the 
Rideau  River,  near  the  falls  of  that 
name,  and  about  a  mile  and  a  half 
from  the  Parliament  Building. 
There  are  about  78  acres  of  land 
surrounding  the  Hall,  which  is 
divided  into  parks,  drives  and  fields 
for  athletic  sports.    From  "  Princess 


ir  ■ 


KlUKAU    HAI,t.  AND   GROUNDS. 


rm  wwwwww  jw  .ij  im  w,  jm  im  iii  u 


f  the  I'rincess  Louise)  a  charmin.;  view 
Vista"  (an  opening  cut  tluough  the  woods  ^^"^"^  .^  ^^^,^,,,  Besides  the  never-ending 
of  the  Ottawa  River  and  of  the  distant  n,ounta,n  ^-^^^^  ^^^^„„,,„,    House,   there   have 

„„„d  of  hails,  dinners  and   genera,   en.etta.n.n        h,d    Wo  g  ^^^^^    ^^^^^    ^^^^^^^^ 

been   various   modes   of   outdoor    -"=-'7";       J^^^   ,,,„  ,„„,pieuous  in    their   proper   season, 
ti,.e,  among  which    skating,  curhng  and  ^°^<^^'^l"'^'^\^^,„   „,  ,„,„ent   personages   and   puhiic 

,uuch  to  the   enjoyment  of  the   many  guests.  g  ^^^^^^^  ^^^  y„j,y  ^j^^.^g,, 

ee.ehri.ies.  inCuding  the  great  men  "f  «  =  c.mtr.     ^  J^^^^  ^^  ^^^^  ^,^^^    ^„^^^  ,.,   ,„,, 

roof  or   sltalcen   their   •■  emment   legs      (to  trespass 

mahogany. 


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•*««,• 


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Sportsmans   Paradise. 

y  HK  country  surrounding  the  city  of  Ottawa  presents    unrivalled  attractions  to 
the  naturahst  and  sportsn,an.     Many  of  these  advantages  and  attractions  have 
been  ponUed  out  in  the  transactions  of  the  Ottawa  Field  and  Naturalist  Club  and 
m  the  glowing  pages  of  the  late  Mr.  Joshua  Eraser's  •■  Three  Months  Among 
the  Moose."    and    -  Shanty.  Forest  and   River    Life    in    the    Back 
Woods    of  Canada."    books    which    all    sportsmen 
should  consult.     Sportsmen  from  all  countries  who 
have  shot  and  fished  in  the  Ottawa  district  speak 
ot  it  as  a  perfect  "sportsman's   paradise,"  and  the 
recorded  achievements  with  rod  and  gun  from  time 
to  time  confirm  this.     The  best  of  trout  and  bass 
fishing  are  always   obtainable   at  the 
Rideau  Lakes  and  in  the  Gatineau 
region,  and  the 
same     places 
\  -  abound  in  black 


duck   and    partridge. 
In  the  proper  season 
the     moose,    caribou 
and    deer   abound    in   the 
woods  both  here   and   in  the 
Upper  Ottawa.    The  construc- 
tion  of   th.    Gatineau   Valley 
and  the  Ottawa,  Arnprior  &  Parry 
Sound     Railways     open     up    two 
stretches   of  country   that   will   be 
very   dear   to    every    sportsman.     "Nothing," 
says  the  late  W.  P.  Lett,  "can  surpass  the  wild- 
ness  and  grandeur  of  the  rapids  and  shutes,  nor  can 
anything    be    more    pictures(iue   and    beautiful    than   the 
mountains,  valleys  and  lakes  of  the  Upper  Gatineau  region."     Among 
the  lakes    some  of  which  are  immense  sheets  of  clear  water  studded 

ert    ;  green  islands,  from  an  acre  to  hundreds  of  acres  in  extent,  the  finest  fishmg  .s  obtamabl e 
Th!y  tl  with  grey  trout  from  five  to  fifty  pounds  in  weight,  speckled  trout,  black  bass,  p.ke,  p.kerel. 

46 


perch,  white  fish,  etc     In  this 

Ga,.e  Reserve,  afte.  .I,e  „„„„e.  of  ,he  .-  Yelirs  o^     '  T      "''""^  ''"''  '*--™'-'  -''  '-h 
States,  a,.l  of  ..  b,„„-  ^  *>    ^  one     and  ..  Yo,,e„,i,e "  National  Parks  in  the  1     ■  1 

and  will  be  easily  accessible  fron,  Oe    „  T""'""'      '"^  "•="'  '"*  ™"  -"'-ace       a  1 

be  m  the  ne„,l,borl,„ocl  of  .„,.  ,„,„  „,„,  „f  .,'^":'';;  '"-  -'-t.onfo.  a  „a, .  si.e  would  „ndo„b,eclly 

l>un..ng  grounds  in  the  Do„,i„i„„.  ^      "™'  ""■  *»'"l'"t,„g  point  ,o  ,|„  fi„,„  fi„,„^,  ^^^^, 


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CENTRAL   CH»M11RKS. 


BUSINESS   BLOCKS 


CARLETDN    CHAMUKHS. 


^ficfiis/r 


'y--  an.,  „„„„,  ^^.,  ";  ■"••'.^".ficen,  w«er,„wer 

"-■•"ion  .  e.,„  cr  .„  Jt<    ;•       ~°  ->.,■„.,„.. 

;--^'-  and   e„n»en.a.ve   l,.     "'"  "'^   --™°"  of  -  ^ ,,« 

es.car  -shops,  railway  reni.V         , 


carriage  factories,  stove  factories,  granite  works,  foun- 
dries, office  furniture,  etc.;  planing  mills,  flour  mills,  etc. 
The  city's  many  advantages,  natural  and  acquired,  and 
the  enterprise  of  its  people,  point  unmistakably  to  the 
highest  and  best  lesults  and  to  the  city's  expansion  into 
a  vast  metropolitan  community,  combining  within  its 
area  everything  needful  to  its  prosperity  and  progress 
in  the  future. 


Such  advantages  have  tended  not  a  litde  in  the 
past  towards  the  attainment  of  Ottawa's  present 
position  as  an  important  social,  educational,  commer- 
cial, judicial  and  political  centre,  but  when  cultivated 
to  the  full  must,  as  already  stated,  lead  to  great 
results.  Although  much  has  been  accomplished  in 
the  past,  much  remains  to  be  done  in  the  future. 


P 

oft 

WJii'c 

the  i 


publi( 
where 
adven; 
access 
Pacific 
BeJt,  tf 
areas- 
herds  o 
produce 
^ands  of 


'^'"^  ^'"i^'c  Do,nain  of  c„     v 

or  Lajtada. 


P'^'««^s.e.v„„,„,^^^.  '''''"'"""> f  Canada. 

as  a  whole,  shoni  ^  ""^  '^^'"able  un-to  ^  .    • 

?">"'-=  domain  of    ,         "'°'""'''  ''='^<=  *e,V  ..  r  <'='"cario„a|i«  „, 

-cess  by  the  „,-.  °"»''  ^°'°"-a.io„  kVT     "     "''""" '^'"'^  of  ,rJ    ,        '""   ^°'™Wa. 

;'  tne  railways  ^vhich  u        ,  makinp-  ran.V?  ^  ^^  '''chness  sm'II 

»^<=as-p,od„„,v,  ,.„  „,,.'•  ■'''•*«c'>ewa„  and  Peace  K  "'^  '^^^>-  P-'  of  eV  r  '" 

'>'='■*  of  ,„ff^„      ""'"'  '■""•"iva.ed  state  of  .W,  ""  '""  ""^  ''M/ns  of  t,  1  r      T  ""'"'' 

fan*  of  tl  c     '""'""■"■  "-f  "fa  ;:,       ""^'  ^"'^  '"•«■  ^  n„-ni„,  ,1  or  "  ""•"^'' "-"- 
--aCan  No„h.e.,t  a.  n,a      !   ,r°":  '°  ""-  '"  .->e  .::  °' ^'^  ™  '"^  Part, 

''"''"'  ™«  -PS  ate  truly 


astonishmg  .o  persons  seeing  .he.,  for  .he  firs.  .i.e.     The  mineral  weal.h  of  .he  coun.ry  ,s  also  very 
:"  .      The  Ls  of  accuiring  land  fron,  .he  Govern.en.  for  agricu,..ral  purposes,  e,.her  as  a  fr 
gran,  or  by  purchase,  are  exceedingly  liberal ;  .he  c.ima.e  is  .he  heaUhies.  ,n  .he  world  and  ,   w,l.     e  no 
wonder,  in  vLw  of  all  .hese  faCs,  if.  in  .he  near  future,  a  grea.  and  prosperous  popula.,on  w.ll  be  found 
occupying  .he  new  unoccupied  porrions  of  Canada's  grea.  pubhc  domain. 


I'K.MK>P.   K.\KM. 


